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Disability sector in Manipur demands implementation of Disability Act - Volume 4 Issue 5: Disability News and Information Service for India

Disability sector in Manipur demands implementation of Disability Act

D.N.I.S. News Network-
The nascent disability sector in Manipur is growing restive over the
non-implementation of the provisions of the Disability Act 1995. In its latest
move, it has demanded withholding results of State Public Service Examinations
on account of discrimination against a vision-impaired aspirant who was not
allowed to appear in the exam.

To press for this demand,
a large number of disabled people staged a protest march in the capital city of
Imphal.

The rally was organised
after the Manipur Public Service Commission refused permission to Sapam
Jaswabanta, a blind candidate to appear in the preliminary examinations of the
Manipur Combined Service. Disabled people demanded that the results of the
preliminary examination should not be announced till reservations were made for
them.

The secretary of the
M.P.S.C., Y. Jugondro, said that the blind candidate was not allowed to appear
for the examination as the Combined Service Rules, 2005 do not have any
provision for this.

The Common Forum for
Persons with Disabilities (C.F.P.D.) had set 16 February as the deadline for
conducting a fresh examination for the blind candidate. The Forum wanted this
held before the preliminary examination results are announced.

After the rally, a copy of
the memoranda was submitted to Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and
Governor S.S. Sidhu, according to media reports.

C.F.P.D. has demanded for
the appointment of a full-time Disability Commissioner as per the Disabilities
Act, three per cent job reservation and earmarking of three per cent of funds
allotted to all state government departments for welfare of disabled people.